INS Student Ideas about Physics
1/8/03
 

WHAT IS PHYSICS?


explanations of nature
motion
matter
energy
space
time
forces
gravity
light
mathematics
measurement
explosions
collisions
rockets
 

 

TOPICS OF INTEREST


astronomy
flight
workings of everyday things
technology
relation to other sciences
waves
history of physics
graphical representation of motion
entering the world of science & math
understanding equations of physics
atomic physics
relativity
physics and philosophy
what is "fact" in science